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Unholy Confessions amp settings — Fender Frontman 10G

The Avenged Sevenfold guitar tone for “Unholy Confessions”, dialed in for a Fender Frontman 10G with a Cort X200. Studio version, Waking the Fallen (2003) - Main iconic rhythm and intro riff

Original rig

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier & Bogner Uberschall into 4x12 cabs, Gibson Les Paul Custom / Schecter S-1 with high-output bridge humbuckers

Aggressive early-2000s metalcore crunch with tight low-end, punchy upper mids, and sharp pick attack

Amp settings — Fender Frontman 10G

CHANNELOverdrive switch ON (OD Select)BOOSTon

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	6
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss MT-2 Metal Zone or generic High-Gain Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not owned

Dist 7 · Level 5 · High 6 · Low 6 · Middle 5 · Mid Freq 6

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G is a practice solid-state amp with a 6-inch speaker and a 2-band EQ (no mid control), so the OD switch must be engaged at gain 7 to deliver the necessary metalcore saturation. Keep the bass at 5 to prevent the small speaker from farting out on low palm-muted chugs while setting treble to 6 for pick attack bite. An external high-gain distortion pedal will dramatically improve low-end punch and modern scooped-mid definition.

PRO TIPAnchor your palm firmly right against the bridge saddles for the rapid alternate-picked opening riff to keep the low D tight and percussive without flubbing the small speaker.

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